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Wattled Crane
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species of crane found in Africa
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- taxon name
- Bugeranus carunculatus
- Commons category
- Grus carunculata
- Commons gallery
- Grus carunculata
- taxon common name
- vortetrane
- wingspan
- 245
- egg incubation period
- 34
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The wattled crane (Grus carunculata) is a large, threatened species of crane found in wetlands and grasslands of eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia to South Africa. Some authorities consider it the sole member of the genus Bugeranus.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wattled Crane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.